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New York Times

Location

New York, New York, United States of America

Date

Apr 26, 1908

Page

10

Real estate activity shows signs of market recovery in Manhattan

Weekly reports note few standout transactions but a more hopeful tone with $500000 in single-day building loans for upper west side and Washington Heights apartment projects. Bronx and Heights rebound with notable sales and new theatre site plans amidst foreclosures, while brokers list numerous sales, leases, and upcoming foreclosures across Manhattan and nearby boroughs.

Upper West Side Washington Heights 110Th Street Bronx Prospect Avenue Heights

Real Estate Transfers Across City Streets and Avenues

A collage of property transfers listing buyers and sellers across Manhattan and The Bronx. Names include Charles Strauss, Wittner, Mutual Life Insurance Co, Alfred Cook, Florence Hazard, Ira Bennett, Max Kehler, August Goetz, Eugene Paul, Jacob Drosin, Rose Drosin, and others. Blocks, streets, and corner lots are cited with varying lot sizes and mortgages, reflecting a busy market.

Saturiay Charles Strauss Kedgewick.Co 21St St Wittner The Raymore ‘Realty Co Edmonstee Wise Mutual Life Insurance A Oge Williamsbridge Edward L. FE. Phipps Annie M. M. Mendel West Albert Palmer Ramon L. Miranda F . Washington 178Th St William C. Mulligan Matilda Leuchtenburg EAGLE Charles Trueman James F. Tully Mtg 150Th St James II Tully Ahearn Construction Co I Grove SY Florence A. Hazard Executrix Ira H. Bennett i GROVE_ST Grove ST II Hi. Bennett Michael KH. Peke Fox St Gua .C. Odell Chattle de Hart ST. Ss Arthur Max J. Kehler Manhattan Leasing Co August Goetz William Goetz Julius Drosiin Lizzie Drosin Iguth ST George C. Odell Chattie de Hart William Seidman Lalu Banford Henry ST George C. Winchel Tay. Winchel East Merk L. Abrahams Frances R. Scott E- Pan Alexander E'S Eugene H. Paul Agnes Walsh John FP Teresa R. Carroll Belmont AV Kingsbridge Heights Gus C. Odell Sten

Auction Sales This Week In New York City Fractions

Auction sales list for Monday April 27 includes multiple properties in Manhattan and the Bronx. Properties feature tenements flats and stores with referees and amounts due, ranging from thousands to tens of thousands of dollars, with locations at 10th Avenue 163, Wadsworth Avenue near 180th Street Tremont Avenue Morris Avenue Broad Way West 162nd Street.

Joseph Pr. Pay Born St H. Weinhandler Wadsworth 180Th St A. J. McClure Tremont Morris Av Fitzgerald Lounsberry & O'Connor Broadway P. F. McSorley

Five Street Properties Listed in City Referee Auctions

A series of properties described with dimensions and locations including Madison Street, Union Avenue, and Grand Boulevard are listed for auction with referees Alexander Thain, W. J. Bolger, and others. Amounts due range from about 2,058 to 44,000 dollars, with several six story tenements and stores and mixed dwelling and vacant lots.

Joseph P. Day Lenox Av 126Th St 29Th St Morris Ose 95Th St Lexington Bist St Ad Ax 35Th St North St White Plains William Burns Mwilet St Sos Amsterdam Ave 149Th St Montgomery 176Th St Michael O' Brier de Cal Ory Volunts Tos Audubon Av W Corner Ivith St Fith St Columbia Heights Fen Cranberry St Brooklyn Carmine St 201St St Grand Boulevant Concourse Bleecker St West Broadway M. Henry 80Th St Amsterdam R. H. Clarke Te Ee Ee Lavelle Broadway Ediward le Parris Tth P. L. Kiernan Southern Boulevard Avenue O O'S Feree Freemann St. Nes West Farms Road Martin Saxe Lyman Place Stebbins C. W. Ridgway E. McDonald Bryan L Kennelly Paul Fuller Ann Samuel Marx 7Th F. C. Avery Amoun Due Bronx Julius,h. Haas 226Th St Vevant Fulton Av Ft. S Oneidz Av 237Th St 234Th Suns Katonah Ay Madison St E. Plunkitt Lluth St F. Russell W. J. Bolger Lyttleton- Fox 178Th St Fsi Grand Boulevard Malcolm Sondheimer Gith St Woof Avenue Alexander Thain Ist Saylor Pissingraham & Co Washington James L. Wells Bryant Jennings St

Multiple properties face sheriff sale in New York list

A Thursday notice lists properties along Barclay Street Washington Street Suth Street Amsterdam Avenue Broome Street Riverside Drive Bond Street and more with details of irregular lots five and six story buildings two and three story structures and associated debts and titles. Referees include T J McManus William Weiner G F E Plunkitt and W B Coughlan with amounts due ranging from about 4 049 to 60 723 and liens dating back to 1906 1908.

Joseph P. Day Barclay St Washington St T. J. McManus Suth St Amsterdam William Wiein Broome St Norfolk G. FE. Plunkitt Ite Bt Cambridge Livingston 47Th St Sheriff's C. G. G. Taylor

Construction and alteration notices for multiple NYC buildings

Notices list several projects including a five story brick tenement at Broadway near 179th with McDowell Construction Co and Schwartz Gross as architects costing 70000, a mixed four and three story tenement at Prospect Avenue corner 174th with Beerrisch Schoen Realty and Construction Co and other owners costing 27900, a four story brick factory at 434781 385 West with J W Beyland as architect and goals, and a six story brick stable at 66th Street 74 West by Dusinhberre with 25000.

Broadway 179Th St McDowell Construction Co Wrst 112Th Ce Schwartz Gross Prospect Ay. S 174Th St Beerrisch-schoen Realty and Construction Co Fank Huprise B. W. Weber Park Ay J. W.W. Beyland SIZ

Newark Realty Sees Spring Revival Amid Suburban Building Boom

Newark and suburbs start the year with recovering real estate as builders rush homes in Wisonsburg Forest Hill Wee quahie Branch Brook areas and Lyons Farms. Apartments rise Clinton Peskine avenues Llewellyn East Orange Jersey City markets show growth, with new offices and a theater and seven story tower planned on Market Street.

Newark Hudson River Wansburg Forest Hill Weequahie Branch Brook Parks Clinton Hills Lyons Farms Roseville Orange Mountains Passaic River Ulators Market Street Public Service Corporation First Reformed Church Rand Aston P. Ordway New York Clinton Street Clinton and Peskine Avenues Phil’ Kearny East Grange New Jersey Llewellyn Oranges Montclair Bloomfield Maplewood Irvington

Newark Central Real Estate Booms Amid Major Purchases

In Newark's central district, two large deals signal a shift as river deeper channels and rail connections attract manufacturing. The National Banking Company's Broad Street site moves into a modern Mutuel Benefit Life structure, while Osborne Realty plans a sleek office upgrade. Pittsburgh buyers through Louis Schlesinger and Cress & Phim push meadow land near the Pennsylvania Railroad, with United States Steel interests rumored. Local brokers foresee a long period of activity driven by manufacturing growth and permanent home sales.

Newark National Banking Company S Broad Clinton Streets Mutuel Benefit Life Insurance Company Osborne Realty Company Philip ’N. Jackson Newark Meadows New York Worthington Hydraulic Pump Company Western Electric Company Pennsylvania Railroad Pittsburg Louis Schlesinger Cress & Phim Williams. Pritchard United States Steel Corporation Newark Meadow Laden Leather Company Maplewood Hilton Hiltonia Weequahic Ballantine Edgar Ward New Jersey Edward Holmes

Property liens listed on Webster and adjacent avenues

A dense ledger lists multiple foreclosure liens and legal actions on blocks along Webster Ave and surrounding streets. Names include Frank Milstein & Co, Ellen C Cow, Thomas Cowman, Louis Jacoff, Dora Graff, Samuel Graff, H W Little, Joseph D Mondblatt, John Gallin & Son, D B Spencer, Jacob Levine, and Resht Realty Co. Amounts cited include $19, $2,101, and $188, with dates referencing December 18, 1907.

Samuel Graff Park AV Adsif Hopp H. W. Little Grand ST Joseph D. Monblatt John Dave John Gallin & Son Ridge ST Joseph D. Mondblatt John Toe John Gallin

Legal Notices From Anthony Avenue and Prospect Avenue Entries

A sequence of 1907 1908 court notices lists litigants such as Harry Lancaster & Co Resht Realty Co and Anthony Avenue disputes. Several actions name Resht Realty Co with various defendants and monetary amounts, detailing properties on Anthony Avenue and Prospect Avenue. A later 1968 entry records Herman Probst vs 549 and others on Park Avenue.

Anthony AV John E. Felter Resht. Realty Co Prospect Harry Lancaster & Co Resist Realty Cn Anthony AY Resht Realty Co Anthony Henry G. Silleck, Jr John H. Sommers Harlem River Lumber and, Woodworking Co Reskht Realty Co Michele Morreale F. Giugliano Avenue A Baruch Birnhak Harry Wasserman Park AV Herman Probst Htiyet Pam Pe

Foreclosure and related suits listed on Courtlandt and surrounding streets

Court actions include Bank of New York City versus Annie Linder and others on Courtlandt Avenue and 163rd Street corner and Samuel Adler et al versus Simon Wells et al on 30 AV. Other filings show Samuel Hoffman against William Kornreach on Clinton Street and Asher Holzman et al against Thomas Graham on Day Street. Multiple foreclosures noted with Arnstein Levy and Gifford Hobbs & Beard attorneys.

Samuel Adler Simon Wells L. Moschcowitz Courtlandt Hamilton Bank of Arnstein & Levy 35Th ST David Hochstadter Robert S. Smith D. McClure Manes Hamilton Bank New York City Bernhard Moral Gifford, Hobbs & Beard

Oakdale Plots at Auction Attract Attention

Oakdale, a new development by W. K. Aston at the mouth of Great River and overlooking Great South Bay, is described as one of the most attractive places in the area. The sale of plots is expected to draw interest from local buyers and investors.

Oakdale W. K. Aston Great River Great South Bay

Four to five acre Long Island shore plots up for auction

Public auction set for Monday May 11 in Vesey Street Salesrooms. Bryan L. Kennelly sells four to five acre plots with free access to bay shores. Surrounded by country seats of W. K. Vanderbilt F G Bourne Admiral Ludlow and W Bayard Cutting. Nearby is South Side Sportsmen Club tract.

Long Island Vesey Street Bryan L. Kennelly F. G. Bourne Admiral Ludlow United States Navy W. Bayard Cutting South Side Sportsmen Club

Acreage Deals In Jersey Real Estate Sales Reported

Ridgewood Development sells Glen Rock property 1% acres to A H Mattox Realty. E Haskell sells 38 acres at Union Fall for Henry Lingens. Braveman Zellmar sells 29 Edgewater lots to Isaac Arndt and a 25 by 1 lot to George Locke and a two family brick to Joseph Shenk. Fred C Dunn sells 100 by 200 Palisade Park plot to George S Jackson. Leonia Heights sells Castle Hill plots 30 by 100 to Stephen Keating. W W Slocum sells 30 by 1 Palisades plot to Margarete Cornell. Herbert Ward sells 50 by 70 Leonia plot to Charlotte W Trafford. Columbia Investment reports Morsemere and Morse mere plots to Adam McDonald, Joseph Pfister, Fannie Bod Adams, Marion D Eaton, and Charles J Seeger.

Ridgewood Development and Construction Company A. H. Mattox Realty Company Glen Rock Company Ridgewood N. J Co. E. Haskell Henry Lingens Union Fall Braveman-Zellmar Realty Company Edgewater Isaac Arndt George Locke Joseph Shenk Fred C. Dunn George 8 Jackson Palisade Park Leonia Heights Land Company Stephen Keating Castle Hill W. W. Slocum Margarete Cornell Washington Avenue Palisades Herbert Ward Charlotte W. Trafford High Street Leonia Columbia Investment and Real Estate Company Adam McDonald Nirgil Avenue Morsemere Elm Avenue Joseph Pfister Linden Avenue Fannie Bod. Adams Harriet Avenue Marion D. Eaton Columbia Avenue Charles J. Seeger Lawson Avenue

Elmhurst Lots Sold in Several Developments

Bankers' Land Corporation reports multiple Elmhurst Heights sales to James T. Berry Michael Carlin Henry Tillotson and GR Shepherd Garden City Estates. Additional parcels transfer to M J Pale M P Gould T P Murphy and others on Kensington Brixton Arlington and Colonia Parkway. Floral Park and Valley Stream also show real estate activity with several buyers.

Bankers’ Land Corporation Elmhurst Heights James T. Berry Colonial Parkway Ee Avenue Michael Carlin Albemarle Terrace Henry Tillotson Arlington Avene Albemarle Terra Garden City Estates GR. Shepherd Kensington Road Cambridge Avenue M. J. Pale Brixton Road Chester Avenue M. P. Gould Salisbury Avenue T. P. Murphy South Avenue Floral Park McCormack Real Estate Company J. Dalnoky & Co Francis EE. MecGuire Valley Stream Game Company

Broadway Flushing Block Sold to New Apartment Syndicate

The north side Crocheron Avenue block between Twenty third and Twenty fourth Streets opposite Isong Island Railroad station in Broadway Flushing was bought from Rickert Finlay Realty by a syndicate led by PD C Newell and formed as Broadway Apartment Realty Company. Shares worth one dollar comprise the capital stock. The Crocheron Avenue block is one of the district’s most desirable.

Crocheron Avenue Betwen Twentythird Twenty-fourth Streets Isong Island Broadway Flushing Rickert-Finlay Realty Company PD. C. Newell Broadway Apartment Realty Company Broadway-Flushing

Staten Island Sees Surge in Building and New Plan for Scandinavian Colony

Builders report a boom in Richmond and surrounding areas with 126 planned structures in early 1910s and 149 new builds projected by April, totaling about 4.06 million dollars. Promoters discuss a Scandinavian settlement plan at Bull’s Head and Cakeine, featuring 300 cement cottages in Linnea Park, while noting rapid development in West New Brighton, Port Richmond, Stapleton, and Tottenville.

Richmond Bureau of One Staten IsLink County Uerk Porth Richmoend West Brighton South Nevneil York St. George Ielshts New’ Hrighton Tompkinsvilie Stapleton New Pu Sre Cakene Bull S Heatley Linnea Park Staten Island John J. Dorangy Muyt Cornelius G. Kolff West New Brighton Port Richmond New Paceen Stapleton Rosebank Cliteyton

Suburban West Side Real Estate Boom Near Jerome Park Reservoir

The developing northern Manhattan and Kingsbridge area near the Jerome Park reservoir and Sedgwick Avenue shows rapid access growth from the new subway. Kingsbridge holds a 40 acre estate fronting the reservoir valued over a million dollars, likely to be sold as a whole. Marble Hill sees new villas while overall market prospects rise with housing demand.

Manhattan Island Kingsbridge Bronx Cox Uundt Jerome Park New York Central van Cortlandt Park Kingspridge Marble Hill Riverdale Broadway The Hudson George W. Perekins P. Kingsley Jerome Park Reservoir Sedgwick Avenue Kingsbridge Road Cathalic Ee Asylum Firth Avenue

Haas to Auction 53 Lots in Williams Bridge Sale

Julius H. Haas will auction fifty three parcels in Williams Bridge. The sale starts at noon at the Bronx Real Estate Auction Room located at 149th Street and Third Avenue.

Manhattan Bronx Vesey Street W.hite Plains Harlem Washington Heights Montgomery Street 110Th Street Second Avenue Day Barclay and Washington Streets Red Riverside Drive Broome Street Mightieth Street A2th Street Broome and Mangin Streets 151St Street 152D Street Lounsberry & O’connor Bryan L. Kennelly West 136Th Street East 178Th Street Concourse Third Avenue 149Th Street Julius H. Haas Willamsbridge Woodlawn Mathilda Streets Fulton and Oneida Avenues

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Frederick Zirtel Joseph H. Davis S. Morrill Roses Place Solomon Linderborn la Riviera Ninety-ninth Street Pearl Street McBride John R. Agnew Lafayette Street Times Square West Thirty-ninth Street Potter &Brother Daniel B. Freedman J. J. Carpenter Jacob Neadle West Fifty-second Street East Eighty-sixth Street Edward N. Taylor Upper Seventh Avenue Arnold, Byrne & Baumann Lowenfeld & Prager Abraham Benedict Seventh Avenue Amsterdam Avenue Purchase Nathan Grabenheimer Amssterdam Avenue Hayden& Co John C., Cockerill Sixty Eighth Street Joseph Egan St. Nicholas Avenue Esther Reith Katie Kesler Park Avenue K. Kesler Annie Gilbert East 119Th Street Montgomery & Seitz Lexington Avenue F. A. Burnham John M. Reid Peter Korn Frederick Vogel William and John Stree William A. White & Sons Robert E. Lane William Kinscherts, Jr Frederick G. Kinschert William Street John Street John William Streets Kinschert Messrs. Kinschert Furrer & Carey Charles F. Noyes Company Frankel John and Duter Homeseekers, Architectural Company Bagot & Co Herrman Lips, Harer, Hyde& Harris Philip Katz J. Vera Pex Ess Rosenthal Ees Mice, Jr GTA. Thaler & Co J. Wiener G. Re St B.roede Eernaea Lipsic Stetson 64Th Street House Gilsey, Havemeyer & Jenney Lee W.dodd Sixty-fourth Street Hamilton Building Company Greenwich George T. Harrison rMs F. F. Ely East Thirty-fifth Street Samuel Katz John M. Glenn Allen Wardwell J. B. Thompson West Twenty-seventh Street Henry J. Lange Audubon Court St. Nicholas Place Charles F. de Casanova West Sixteenth Street Michael F. Pope Grove Street Kurt & Aren William Miller Thirty-sixth Street Hulbert Peck & Sons Henrietta Littman Fifty-first Street West Side Young Men’s Christian Association Hotel Astor Joseph L. Buttenweiser Joseph P Robert E. Dowling Richmond Borough Robert E. Simon West Side Young Men's Christian Association William H. Britigan West Fifty-seventh Street American Real Estate Company Faile Street Orlando Heerwagen Williamson & Bryan Anna Noonan Forest Avenue Edward A. Garry S. K. Johnson 178Th Street Khurz & Uren R.I. Brown James Harris 156Th Street Elton Avenue Kurz & Uren Antoinette Bailey Daly Avenue Elsmere Place 177Th Street Plainfield Edmund Rushmore Ralph G. Morse BE. J. du Pont Powder Company Hillside and Putnam Avenues George Jacobs Jeanette Dupre Richmond Avenue Ocean Avenues George Jacob Edward and James Bergonzi East Ninth Street Avenue U Montgomery St Weill Realty © CO Mary T. Grates Sis Hast DOW Realty Co Charles H. Chelps Front Front St Sto Bennett Tra. H Tmund Hendricks Grove Westwoof Bleecker Algr Tomah Rusansky Kavy Rose Chaitin Latorta Vincenzos Praser Baih St. Ns Mirris Bauer Frederick E Peete Krohrf Jorn ‘Neher White Plains Road Morris Park Volanth. Mary Catharine Sutorius Raymore Realty CO Joseph “Wittner Dees Oppenheimer Milton Eo Baward Oppenheimer Weisheetes Pend Hes Nl Thomas Saran Chamberlin Flesicher Sarah Morris Golaberg Psyar Beyeskag Amstie Adam Realty CO Harry “Kraft Conolly Mary A Bernard RB Steinbrink Marasco Rocco M Ribeecker Nelson Auta Emma Sewing MR Hee Goldberg Henry Tieer Bauer Weara de Gror Marszaret Witt Ee Romaine Commerce Rida Ree Zangendberg Johanna Lena Maier Clinton Mangin St ES. Lie Petra Goerck St Joseph Goldtine Healty Company the. Building Department Newark Realty Passaic Paterson Carnegie Steel Waverley Newark’'S Centre Vis Pendens Jersey Elmhurst Garden City Flushing DEAL
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